Definition of Loitering

1. Verb. (present participle of loiter) ¹

2. Noun. The action of the verb (term loiter) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Loitering

1. loiter [v] - See also: loiter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loitering

loincloth
loinclothed
loincloths
loiner
loiners
loinskin
loipe
loipen
loir
loirs
loiter
loitered
loiterer
loiterers
loitering
loiteringly
loiters
lojbanized
lojbanizes
lojbanizing
loke
lokes
loki
lokorys
lokshen
lolapaloosa
lolapalooza
lolcow

Literary usage of Loitering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Preventing Gang & Drug Related Witness Intimidation by Peter Finn (1996)
"(See appendix B6, "Helping Communities With Nuisance Abatement Suits.") Drug Loitering Ordinances Drug loitering ordinances have also been used to help ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... the courts are disposed to be liberal; and provided it substantially appears that there has been no improper loitering or deviation from the way, ..."

3. English Reader by Lindley Murray (1840)
"... afraid to go forward, lest he should go wrong, jet conscious that the time of loitering was now past. While he was thus tortured with uncertainty, ..."

4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1903)
"... Attempted Intervention—Lord Salisbury's Speech—Debates on Welsh Disestablishment and Deceased Wife's Sister Bill—Loitering in Division Lobby—Debates and ..."

5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1844)
"Here, from mom till sweeter night And the soaring night-hawk's cry : Homeward then, with loitering feet, Turn I from this bower sweet ; While the plaintive ..."

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